Those eureka moments

Ancient India gave the world its number system, anticipated Galileo’s heliocentric theory by a millennium and spread its culture from Egypt to Siberia–only to be almost entirely forgotten. It’s past time to restore it to its rightful place in history

A personal approach to the Renaissance

The mythology surrounding creative and scientific breakthroughs

The celebrity mystics who captivated Europe in the interwar years

The British Imagination: A History of Ideas from ...

Mathematical patterns in Byron, Austen, Dickens and Trollope